Hand fence-machine



NoniodeL B. CURRENT.

HAN-D F-ELIGEMAOHINE. No. 378,873. Patented Mar. 6, 1888.

UV I'INESSES I IN VEN 'IOR fi ff wan 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BOURBON CURRENT, OF PARIS, KENTUCKY.

HAND FENCE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,873, dated March 6; 1888.

(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BOURBON CURRENT, of. Paris, in the county of Bourbon andState of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand Fence-Machines, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my portable device for making wire fences. Fig. 2 is a side view of the gages. Fig. 3 is a top view, partly in section, showing the manner of applying the twister to the wires of the fence; and Fig. 4., a side view of the section of the fence.

are slightly bent to adapt them to the hands of the operator. The edges of the slots E, where they engage the wires, are rounded in cross-section.

B B are adjustable collars constituting the gage, having openings B to admit the wire into the twister, and lugs C, which pass transversely through openings C, in the disk A, and are secured by set-screws D.

It will be observed that the gage-collars are each provided with a divergent opening, which openings come into alignment with the twisting slot E. 7

To operate the device, Iprovide a twister for each pair of wires used in the construction of the fence, and when a new paling is added the twister-gage is placed against the last secured paling and the new paling pressed against the outer gage-collar. A twist is now made which takes a pinching hold on the new paling sufficient to retain it in place, and the operation is then completed.

What I claim is- 1. In a portable fence-machine or wiretwisting device for wires, a central disk having a slot and radial arms and provided with adjustable gages on both faces of the disk for regulating the distance between the palings, substantially as herein set forth.

2. In a portable fence-machine, the combination of a central disk or body havingaslot and radial arms, with an open ring on each side of the central disk, provided with lugs which pass through the disk, and adjustingscrews to regulate the distance between the palings, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 2d day of April, 1887, in the presence of witnesses.

BOURBON CURRENT.

\Vitnesses:

R0131. S. MILLAR, Ronr. RAMSEY. 

